Staff Bio
Cherie Shanteau-Wheeler
Senior Mediator/Senior Program Manger
Cherie P. Shanteau is an attorney, mediator/facilitator, and her responsibilities at the U.S. Institute include collaborative process management, mediation and facilitation services, ADR and negotiation training relating to attorneys, the Courts, the Department of Justice and Attorneys General, and the corporate sector. Her areas of subject matter expertise include property and real estate law, environmental law, Superfund, Western public lands, wilderness issues, grazing and endangered species. She is the Training Team Leader for the U.S. Institute's Training Initiative. She joined the U.S. Institute in June of 2001.
Before joining the U.S. Institute, Cherie spent more than 17 years in private practice, including two and one-half years as in-house legal counsel and the Dispute Resolution Manager for a Fortune 500 company. She has successfully mediated numerous litigated and non-litigated matters, represented clients in mediation, and facilitated several large public disputes, including, Utah BLM Wilderness designation, a temporary siting of a high-level radioactive waste facility, and complex watershed and riparian management issues. Cherie has been on the mediation panels of the American Arbitration Association, U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Utah, Utah State Courts Mediation Program and the U.S. Postal Service. She has taught mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution and communication skills to judges, lawyers, law students, and other individuals, corporations and organizations in the United States and Europe.
Cherie received a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Utah and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law. She was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 1984. She is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution. She is qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
Cherie Shanteau-Wheeler, (520) 901-8546 shanteau@ecr.gov